How Do NPOs Get Funding? A Business Model Perspective Based on the Conversion of Symbolic Capital
This 2020 paper by Rachel Bocquet, Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, and Michel Ferrary, published in Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, presents a new framework for considering how and why nonprofits partner with for-profit organizations (FPOs) for funding: “With an explicit consideration of symbolic capital—and the risks of damaging it if the NPO turns to FPOs for funding—the authors explore specific issues related to NPO business models.”
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